Product Description

The Hungarian Revolution of October 1956 was the most important armed rising against the USSR during the Cold War. The spontaneous demonstrations by students and workers were joined by Hungarian soldiers, and the first Soviet troops sent in to crush the insurgence were forced to withdraw. However, after a brief hopeful pause, stronger Soviet forces invaded again, bring with them tanks, paratroopers and NKVD units. The rebels were crushed. Published to mark the 50th anniversary of this uprising, this book uses new sources and provides an interesting reassessment five decades after the revolution.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #855319 in Books
• Published on: 2006-11-07
• Format: Illustrated
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 9.75" h x .16" w x 7.27" l, .44 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 64 pages

Review
.,."gives a thorough and evenhanded summary of the causes and consequences of the uprising... lists ample sources for further study, while presenting a wealth of archival photographs... as well as an excellent spread of color illustrations by English artist Peter Dennis." -Jon Guttman, "Military History"
"The authors have done a superlative job of not only explaining the background for the revolution, but also in providing a description of the fighting and its surroundings... As with most of the Elite series, there are superb drawings, this time by Peter Dennis, showing the various clothing and equipment of the people involved. I have to say this was a fascinating read that I found difficult to put down." -Scott Van Aken, "modelingmadness.com"

About the Author
ERWIN A. SCHMIDL was born in Vienna in 1956, and studied history
and anthropology at the University in Vienna. He holds a doctorate (Vienna
1981) and a Habilitation (University of Innsbruck 2001). Previously he has
held different positions in the Austrian Ministry of Defence and currently
head of the contemporary history department at the Institute for Strategic
Studies at the Austrian National Defence Academy in Vienna. He is married
and lives in Vienna and Graz.

LÁSZLÓ RITTER was born in Budapest in 1977, and graduated with an M.A. in
history from the Central European University in Budapest. He is currently a
PhD student who also works as a documentary film maker. Since 2001 he has
been a researcher at Institute of History of the Hungarian Academy of
Sciences. He is married and lives in Budapest.